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TO ALL WHOM VI'JJ-MAYVCONGERN:

Be it knofwn that LJAMES BOUNDS, ot' Bridgeport, in the countyofFeirfield, end State of Connecti'cnt, have invented certain-new and useful' Improvements in Pepper-Bottlelor Box-Top Fasteuers and I do' hereby declare that the following is full, clear, nd erzct'description thereof, refrencebeing. had to't'h'e acoompanying drewihgs, and to the letters'of reference marked theron, twhich form a part of this specification, in whiohv Figure 1 is Vertical section, und I i Figure 2 a. view of the top with m inoprovement attnched.

The object'of this in ventiontisltoprerent', byc simple and'efl`ective 'means, the ffl'llingfoff of pepper-bottle or box tops, and the nture of--this invention'con'sists in benlinga.V piece oflsprihg-wire, U-shnpe, and securing one of itsendS to the under side centre of the top of a pepper-bottle oi'lbox, as arnd for'the 'purpose hereinafter et forth. I x w v 'To enable others skilled inrthe art to make and use m invention, I Will now describe its construction Vend operation. i t I f AV repr-esents a common pepper-bottlwritho; cireular concevity on its inner side, just below the shoulder, upon which the top rests. B'represents the top, perforated in the usual mnnner. 'e`s the Spring, which I form simply by taking a. piece of springfwire-three inches long, more or Iess,anl after bending it,` as seen in' the drawings, so that the lower end will press into the concnvity of the box o r bottle, I secure its upper end to 'the inside centre of the top. The sides of the spring should 'diverge from its bottoun, a'nd be sufliciently apart to require a little pressure toadjust the top.

This Siinple device may be applied to nll kind of boxes or bottl'es, the tops of which ,are linble to drop off ivhen in use. I

I nm aware of the existence of H. S; Garley's' patent of Septemher 24, 1867, and, therefore, do not claim broadly a. spring in connection with a..bottle-stopper or'top, hut

' What I elaim as new, and desire to secure by Letters lntent, is-- Forming single piece of spring-Wire, U-shape, and securing one end of it to the under side centre 'of a. box or battle-top, so arr'anged that said lid Willrest upon the top of therbottle, ns and for the purpose set forth. In testimony that I 'clairn the foregoing asl my own, I afix my signature in presence of two witneses.

JAMES BOUNDS.

Wtnesees:

J AcoB HOLIDAY, WALTER HorroN. 

